Billiards
Mark Allen, Mental Health and the Belfast Lesson: When Data Is Not Enough to Conclude
Bali Open: Filler Beats Mi Le and the Price of a Format That Compresses Luck
The Shenzhen Table, a 117 Break, and a Ranking That Needs a Witness
The Billiards World and the Empty-Data Disease: Reading a Report That Had Nothing to Analyze
Shenzhen Opens the China Swing: A 50-Year-Old Champion, a City of 17 Million, and the Zhao Xintong Variable
Shaun Murphy 2026: The Measurable Miracle at the Crucible
Northern Ireland Open semi-finals in Belfast: Jones and Wilson win on opponents' errors, not centuriesFrame ten of the second semi-final in Belfast: Sam Craigie leads 5-4 and is o...
Empty Source Files in Billiards Coverage: Discipline Identification as the First GateAt two in the morning in Beijing, the analysis file arrived with exactly one...
Billiards Is Four Separate Sports Sharing One Name — And Three Fault Lines the Rankings Never ShowIn the winter of 2026, in a studio in Salford, a producer slid a single line ...
Cues for the Cure 18th Edition: One 1-9 Combination, Seven Hill-Hill Matches and a Title Split in LargoThe final of the 18th Cues for the Cure was never played. The match the...
Mark Allen, Mental Health and the Belfast Lesson: When Data Is Not Enough to ConcludeThere is a principle I have held since 2026: before reading the player's name...
Ng On Yee Wins Sydney Thriller at Mounties: The Poise of a Break-BuilderThe deciding frame at Mounties stretched to the final black. Ng On Yee stood ...
Causier Wins a Fourth Straight English Open: What a 14-Point Margin Reveals About English BilliardsLandywood, ninety minutes, 840 points shared between two cueists, and a final...
Rest of the World Win Maiden Reyes Cup: An 11–4 Built on Safety Play, Not InspirationThe 2-ball sat tight against the long rail with no direct line to the pocket....
English Open: Shaun Murphy Beats Judd Trump in a Final-Frame Decider — What a Best-of-11 Quarter-Final Really RewardsThe deciding frame of the English Open quarter-final between Shaun Murphy and...
Billiards Is Not One Sport: The Analytical Trap Hiding in the Word “Billiards”Late November in Liverpool, I sat in a small billiards club on Renshaw Street...
Four Sports Under One Name: The Money Books of BilliardsThere is a question that no one in the world of billiards wants to answer...
Vietnamese Three-Cushion Billiards: Class Measured by SilenceThe cue stops in mid-air. Inside an arena in Ho Chi Minh City, the ceiling fa...
World Billiards 2026: When Chinese Money, Suspended Sentences and the Next Generation Reshape the TableThe final of a Chinese-style 8-ball tournament in Shenzhen ended close to...
Spain Wins the 2026 WPA 10-Ball Doubles World Championship: The Global Pool Map Redrawn from BaliBali, October 5, 2026. Francisco Sánchez-Ruiz leaned over the table, dropped...
Bali Open: Filler Beats Mi Le and the Price of a Format That Compresses LuckMi Le leaned over the table, ball in hand. He had the right to lift the cue...
The Shenzhen Table, a 117 Break, and a Ranking That Needs a WitnessI rewatched Wu Yize's 117 break in the Shenzhen Open final four times. The...
Four Sports Under One Name: Why Billiards Data Cannot Share a Single YardstickIn March 2026, I sat in front of a spreadsheet with 4,000 rows of billiards...
45 People Behind the Spotlight: WPBSA's Biggest Refereeing Course in HistoryOn a grey rainy afternoon in Leeds, on the green baize of the Northern Snooke...
The Billiards World and the Empty-Data Disease: Reading a Report That Had Nothing to AnalyzeThat night, in a small cafe on Lach Tray Street, I opened my old laptop and...
Shenzhen Opens the China Swing: A 50-Year-Old Champion, a City of 17 Million, and the Zhao Xintong VariableA red carpet runs along the Shekou waterfront, a river cruise glides past, an...
When the Billiards Analysis Is Empty: A Lesson in Data Distrust in Vietnamese SportsLast night, I opened a nine-section analysis sent from the system. Every...
Shaun Murphy 2026: The Measurable Miracle at the CrucibleSheffield, May 2, 2026. Shaun Murphy ended the 34th frame with a long safety...
Empty Source Files in Billiards Coverage: Discipline Identification as the First GateAt two in the morning in Beijing, the analysis file arrived with exactly one...
Billiards Is Four Separate Sports Sharing One Name — And Three Fault Lines the Rankings Never ShowIn the winter of 2026, in a studio in Salford, a producer slid a single line ...
Cues for the Cure 18th Edition: One 1-9 Combination, Seven Hill-Hill Matches and a Title Split in LargoThe final of the 18th Cues for the Cure was never played. The match the...
Mark Allen, Mental Health and the Belfast Lesson: When Data Is Not Enough to ConcludeThere is a principle I have held since 2026: before reading the player's name...
Ng On Yee Wins Sydney Thriller at Mounties: The Poise of a Break-BuilderThe deciding frame at Mounties stretched to the final black. Ng On Yee stood ...
Causier Wins a Fourth Straight English Open: What a 14-Point Margin Reveals About English BilliardsLandywood, ninety minutes, 840 points shared between two cueists, and a final...
Rest of the World Win Maiden Reyes Cup: An 11–4 Built on Safety Play, Not InspirationThe 2-ball sat tight against the long rail with no direct line to the pocket....
English Open: Shaun Murphy Beats Judd Trump in a Final-Frame Decider — What a Best-of-11 Quarter-Final Really RewardsThe deciding frame of the English Open quarter-final between Shaun Murphy and...
Billiards Is Not One Sport: The Analytical Trap Hiding in the Word “Billiards”Late November in Liverpool, I sat in a small billiards club on Renshaw Street...
Four Sports Under One Name: The Money Books of BilliardsThere is a question that no one in the world of billiards wants to answer...
Vietnamese Three-Cushion Billiards: Class Measured by SilenceThe cue stops in mid-air. Inside an arena in Ho Chi Minh City, the ceiling fa...
World Billiards 2026: When Chinese Money, Suspended Sentences and the Next Generation Reshape the TableThe final of a Chinese-style 8-ball tournament in Shenzhen ended close to...
Spain Wins the 2026 WPA 10-Ball Doubles World Championship: The Global Pool Map Redrawn from BaliBali, October 5, 2026. Francisco Sánchez-Ruiz leaned over the table, dropped...
Bali Open: Filler Beats Mi Le and the Price of a Format That Compresses LuckMi Le leaned over the table, ball in hand. He had the right to lift the cue...
The Shenzhen Table, a 117 Break, and a Ranking That Needs a WitnessI rewatched Wu Yize's 117 break in the Shenzhen Open final four times. The...
Four Sports Under One Name: Why Billiards Data Cannot Share a Single YardstickIn March 2026, I sat in front of a spreadsheet with 4,000 rows of billiards...
45 People Behind the Spotlight: WPBSA's Biggest Refereeing Course in HistoryOn a grey rainy afternoon in Leeds, on the green baize of the Northern Snooke...
The Billiards World and the Empty-Data Disease: Reading a Report That Had Nothing to AnalyzeThat night, in a small cafe on Lach Tray Street, I opened my old laptop and...
Shenzhen Opens the China Swing: A 50-Year-Old Champion, a City of 17 Million, and the Zhao Xintong VariableA red carpet runs along the Shekou waterfront, a river cruise glides past, an...
When the Billiards Analysis Is Empty: A Lesson in Data Distrust in Vietnamese SportsLast night, I opened a nine-section analysis sent from the system. Every...
Shaun Murphy 2026: The Measurable Miracle at the CrucibleSheffield, May 2, 2026. Shaun Murphy ended the 34th frame with a long safety...
